After nearly 70 years missing, World War II Marine finally buried in Indiana cemetery

10:21 PM,
Aug. 24, 2013

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After nearly 70 years, Manley Forrest Winkley, a World War II Marine, was buried Saturday in Madison and saluted as hero by family, veterans and a soldier who survived the battle where Manley died.

It was a humbling homecoming for the 100 or so members of the Winkley clan in attendance, who until recently didn't know Manley was one of more than 500 soldiers missing from the November 1943 Battle of Tarawa.

That's because William Winkley, 55, said he and his relatives believed his great-uncle Manley was buried in Honolulu with other soldiers killed during World War II. ...